Issues & Modes / Funding & Finance
Providing Context for Eno’s Life and Death of the Highway Trust Fund Study
Jan 19, 2015 | Paul LewisIn December 2014, Eno released a detailed research report about the current and future prospects of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The...
A Counterpoint to, “A Constrained Federal Aid Highway Program: Rightsizing for the 21st Century?”
Jan 19, 2015 | Carter TempletonBY KEVIN HEANUE Transportation Consultant In the last edition of the Eno Brief, Steve Lockwood presented one view of a future...
Consent: A VMT Fee Program’s Best Friend
Jan 19, 2015 | Carter TempletonBY PATRICK BRADY Much to the relief of Vehicle Mile Traveled (VMT) fee opponents, Chairman of the House Transportation Committee...
Roads and Restaurants: The Need for Effective Pricing
Jan 19, 2015 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONHave you ever eaten at a restaurant with no prices for the food? This happens regularly at all-inclusive resorts. Since you have...
The Highway Trust Fund: It’s a Millennial Problem
Jan 01, 2015 | Elizabeth BastianBefore embarking for a long summer vacation, Congress has disappointingly failed, once again, to pass an updated multi-year surface...
A Counterpoint to, “A Constrained Federal Aid Highway Program: Rightsizing for the 21st Century?”
Dec 25, 2014 | Carter TempletonBY KEVIN HEANUE Transportation Consultant In the October edition of Eno Brief, Steve Lockwood presented one view of a future...
2015: Year of Opportunity for Federal Transportation Policy?
Dec 25, 2014 | ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATIONAs we look back on 2014, it is hard to draw many positive conclusions about recent progress on federal transportation policy. Congress...
CBO Implies Problem With 80-20 HTF Split; Enzi to Chair Budget; Musical Chairs at Senate Appropriations
Dec 18, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 18, 2014 CBO report implies problems with 80-20 gas tax split. Right before Thanksgiving, the Congressional Budget Office...
Senate Passes FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Bill
Dec 14, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 14, 2014 – 10:25 a.m. Last night, the Senate finally passed the $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations measure, clearing...
Government Shutdown Averted (Again)
Dec 13, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 13, 2014 – 4:15 p.m. After a four-hour series of tedious roll call votes on motions to go in and out of executive...
Action on FY15 Omnibus Held Over Until Saturday (At Least)
Dec 13, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 13, 2014 – 2:00 a.m. There is an old polysci saying: “The Senate has only two rules: unanimous consent and...
Senate 2014 Endgame
Dec 12, 2014 | Jeff DavisDecember 12, 2014 - 6:05 P.M. SENATE ENDGAME. Earlier this afternoon, Republican Leader McConnell got up and dangled before...